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Parent Issue
Day
15
Month
May
Year
1843
Copyright
Public Domain
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Wint plcüíiiig reollectiona occur to Ihe mi;;d of the olil man, ns he lótíks back, in i;snghaiion, to the scenrs of his childhood. - The green hills, the verdant vnlleys, and the rippling etreains. tipon whose banks lic was wont to roiim in sportive nnoccnce rush opon his mind, and he feels a fule of joy thrilling in his bosom. The little comrade?, with whom he or.ce associated, appear before ht imagin.ition, and all the little incidente nttondin' cliiJdhoodbrijrliloii p io'iia mniory. The aged min appear.s de.if anJ insensible to surro:inding objectsas ho Icuns upou hls sí a ff, btit now and thun, ns he Idoica bick to the eve.its of fornier day nn unheeiled tear trickles down his furrowed cheeks. Perhapj the partner of lus youth has shimbered beneath the dnst for half a century: bil a.s hor ïmig.? refl ets upon liia mstnory aa once she blooined, his dun eyea brighten up fur a imuf int, an ! his slow and feeble pu'se beits in more rapid tticcession. líe thinks of the old scliool house wharc he rsceivcd the first rudiments of his ediicatfbn, and a:ion he leips for jy at the rccollection of scènes which tr.ui.-spired within its walls. - These thinzs he beholds with the eye of his tnetnory, and the fountainá of his aensibility which have lons been dried up, súsh forti)

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Signal of Liberty
Old News